Reeling device.



No. 794,008 PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

G. A. HADLAND.

FEELING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3. 1904.

3 SHEETSJ-EHEET l.

WITNESSES:

PATENTED JULY 4 1905.

C. A. HADLAND.

REELING DEVIGE.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG. 3, 19M.

3 SHEETS-431E321 2.

lac. $94,008.

liar Starts Patented July it, "i905.

Artur Uremic.

CARL Alil'lON lil'Al'JLANl), OF HIGNNJNGTUN 'lOWNSHlP, Mill WEB CtlllNllli, M lNNESlIVlA.

ll lEllEtihlGi crevice.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 79%,008, dated July 4t, 1905.

Application filed December 3, 1904-. Serial No. 235,351.

ill-lo it known that l, (him. AN'ION ll ApnANi), a citizen the United States, and a resident of the township of Bcnnington, in the county of lt'llowcr and State ol ,li linncsota, have in vented a new and .lHHH'tWtHl Heeling Device, of which the lollowing is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

My invention relates to a device For reeling wire and the like, and designed to be n'iounted upon a wagon-body, so that the wire may be reeled or unrceled as the wagon moves;

The principal objects of the invention are to provide means lor removably attaching the reclingdcwice to the body of a wagon, to provide l'or securii'ig the reel in operative position or in inoperative position, and for manipulating a guide for the reel, and For operati ng these devices conveniently from the seat oi. the vehicle.

.liiurther objects of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoincd descriptimi.

.ltel'erencr-i is to be had to theacconipanying drawings, l orn'iing a part of this s mcilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corrcspomling parts in all the ligures.

l igure l isa side elevation of a wagon, showing one embodiment of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 a sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. l on an enlarged scale. Fig. i is a plan view of one sideol the wagon with the attachment applied. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4. 4L ol ll ig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan showing a nlodilication. Fig. 6 is a side elevation thcrcol, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7 7 ol Fig. 6. i

it is desired to mount the reeling device upon any kind ol' wagon which may be convenimit, and for this purpose l, r:'ick ':ts u. are provided. These brackets are preferably provided with depending llanges It, so that tl'loy may be secured upon the sides oi the wagrnr body by means 0] tluln'ib-screws of or in any other convenient manner. The brackets are placed upon the side-boards opposite each other, and a. shaft I'), extending across the wagon-body, has bearings in the two brackets, so that it may be oscillated upon its own axis.

This shaft is n'ovidcd with an arm w and a rod (7, upon which nloinitcd a roller 1', provided with projections r, which are designed to engage in clernessions f in a. reel f. The roller is designed to be brought into contact with a wheel of the vehicle, and it will be readily understood that when the vehicle proceeds in either direction the roller will be rotated upon the rod, and the reel will be retalcd with the roller in order to wind up or unwind the wire, according to the direction oi. motion of the wagon.

lilcans is provided for holding the roller in contact with the wheel under tension. This means, as ill ustratcd, comprises a hook and a l'loxiblcconnection1 This llexibioconnection may be in the form of a rope, chain, or (able and is preferably [)llWldGtl with a chain y" at its end, which is designed to engage with a hook /1 upon a loot-rest A. 'lhe purpose ol the chain is to permit the connection'to be adjustcd by engaging any desired link with the hook. 'ihe toot-rest is pivoted at A to a bracket 1', mounted upon the wagon. it will be readily seen that the placing of the Iootol' the operator upon the rest and forcing it torward about its pivot will increase the tension ol' the connections w and add to the force with which the roller 1' presses upon the tire upon the wheel. This operation will be enhanced il a guide in the torn] ol a roller or other con-- vonicnt n'ieans 'l'or guidii'ig the connection be attached to the body ol' the wagon at a point below the roller (1. 'lhis guide is shown as being supported upon a bracket j, connected with the body of the wagon. 'llhis bracket is secured to the wagon by means ol' thumbscrewsf or in any other convenient manner, and, as shown in Fig. 2, it preferably extends some distance outwardly from the body, so as to support a guide fir lor the wire to be wound upon the reel. This guide is prel'crably in the form oi a roller and is mounted upon a reciprocating bar I, which is supported by the brackct and operated by a lover or and link at, pivotally connectii'ig the lever and bar. The lever is pivoted at M to the bracket y" or in any other way pivoted to the body of the wagon. It will be readily observed that in order to provide for winding wire upon the reel the guide Z' should be gradually rcciprocated in frontof the reel, as shown by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 2, so as to provide for winding the wire regularly. The lever 11/. is preferably located in a convenient position for manipulation by the operator upon the seat of the wagon.

Obviously it will be desirable to provide means for holding the roller out of contact with the wheel when it is not desired to rotate the reel. For this purpose 1 have shown a rod 21, pivotally attached to the bracket j and resting on the end of the shaft (I, which extends beyond the bracket 1/. This rod is provided with means at its free end for connec tion with the outer portion of the arm 2:. This means is represented by a hole 1/ in the rod '1/ and a hole c in the. arm 1:, a pin being employed to connect the two parts together in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from tl'iedescription given. When the pin passing through the holes it and e is disengaged 'fron'i either or both of them, the arm (1 will be pern'iitted to swing about the shaft 1' as a pivot, so that the roller 11 will come into contact with the tire of the wheel of the vehicle. if new the operator places his foot upon the rest 7/ and presses upon it, the tension on the flexible connection 5 can be varied at will and the reel caused to rotate with the wheel of the vehicle. The operator canalso manipulate the lever m so as to cause the guide Z: to reciprocate in front of the reel. \Vhen it is desired to transport the device upon the vehicle without causing the reel to rotate, the reel can be raised to its original position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the rod 91 and arm (7 connected by the pin in an obvious manner. The device can be placed on either side of a wagon.

It will be readily observed that a device constructed in accordance with the principle represented in my invention, whether in the forms illustrated or in any other form, will have many advantages over the reeling devices which have heretofore been devised. The several parts by which the attachment is connected to the 'vehicle can be readily dismounted therefrom by the operation of the thumb-screws, and the attachment can be placed upon or removed from the vehicle without the use of any tools or any complicatedmanipulations. Moreover, the vehicle does not have to be specially constructed for it, and after the device is manufactured it can be applied to vehicles of all makes. In other words, it will not be necessary to design a differentapparatus for each different kind of vehicle. The whole device is easily operated,

only one foot and one land of the operator being required.

It is also readily thrown out of gear and can be transported upon the vehicle without taking up a great deal of room and without interfering with other uses of the vehicle.

Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show a form of my invention in which the wire is gu ided :uitomatically. On the rod (Z is rotatably mounted a sleeve 0, connected with the roller 0 by set-screws or the like. A worm u or other gearis mounted on the sleeve and meshes with a gear or wheel 1) on a shaft 7/. This shaftis mounted with a bearing in a bracket 71", located on the rod 17, and is. provided with a square end 7') for engaging the gear p. At the other end it has a socket p, with a square hole for the reception of the square end of a shaft 1, which carries a pinion r meshing with and driving a gear '2'. The gear w and shaft I] are jourualed in an arm s, the shaft by means of a bushing. (Not shown.) The gear is connected with the reciprocating bar [by means of a rod and projection M. It will be understood that the rotation of the roller 12 will cause the gear to rotate and the bar I to reciprocate, so as to automatically guide the wire first to one end of the reel and then to theother. The shaftp can be readily removed when thehandfeed only is desired, and the autormitic feed can be placed on either side of the wagon.

While I have illustrated and described particular embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention can be constructed in many other ways and that it is not limited to the forms shown.

Having th us descri bed my invention, Ilf claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paton t 1. A reeling device comprising a movable frame, a reel mounted thereon, and means for holding the rcci out of operative position, comprising a pivoted arm and a pin for connecting the arm with the frame.

2. A reeling device, comprising a movable frame, a reel mounted thereon, means for holding the reel out of operative position comprising a pivoted arm and a pin for connecting the arm with the frame, and means for holding the reel under tension in a position to be rotated by a moving surface.

3. A reeling device, comprising a movable frame, a reel mounted on the frame, and means for holding the reel under tension in a position to be rotated by a moving surface; said means comprising a flexible connection passing from a point adjacent to the reel on a line intersecting the moving surface, for operating the reel.

t. in a reeling attachment for vehicles, the combination of a pivoted rod, a roller thereon adapted to support a reel, and a flexible connection for forcing the roller into contact with a wheei of the vehicle.

The combination with a vchicie having a movable foot-rest, of a rod removaiflymounte l upon the vehicle, a roller on the rod adapted to support areel, and allexible connection :for

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vmtooe Forcing the roller into contact with a wheel oi the vehicle, said connection being connected to the Foot-rest.

(3. The combination with a vehicle havinga pivoted f0ot-rest, of a roller having means for attaching a reel thereto, a liexible connection attached to the roller and to the foot-rest, and a guide for the flexible connection located below a line connecting the foot-rest and roller whereby the n'mnipulationof the 'lootrest will vary the tension upon the roller.

7. The combination with a vehicle having a pivoted Foot-rest, oi brackets removably filOlll'lllOll upon the vehicle, a shaft liavii'ip' bearings in said brackets, a rod connected with said Shaft, a roller mounted upon said rod, a flexible connection between said roller and the foot-rest For forcing the roller into eng'z'igenient with a wheel oi the vehicle, and a guide for said llexiliile connection located below a line connecting the foot-rest and roller whereby the force exerted upon the Foot-rest to move it in one direction about ite pivot will cause the flexible connection to exert tension upon the roller.

8. The combination of a movable Foot-rest, a roller :ulapted to support a reel, and a llexible COIlllGClilOl'l for forcing the roller into contact with a moving object, Said connection beingconnected with the foot-rest.

9. The cxinnbination of a reeling-roller, a movable toot-rest, and connections for transmitting; pressure from the toot-rest to the roller.

in testimony \vhere ,it' l have signed my name to this specification in the presence oi two subscril )ine' \v i tnesses.

CARL A NTON l'lALllJillNil.

W i tnees s:

Jenn A. "rienonsmi, Ilene C. Gentlemen. 

